This article focuses upon Federal law in relation to school desegregation. The groundwork for many of the relatively recent legal developments in Northern school desegregation law had been laid more than a decade ago. Because the Southern cases were absorbing black organizational resources and preoccupying the federal authorities, and because…

A report on the Guaranteed Student Loan Amendments (H.R. 14070) to Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 considers the problems behind and implications of the loan program. Chief among the problems are the default rate, access to loans, the schools as lenders, and the role of the states in administering the program. Changes recommended…

Several presentations were made at the eighth meeting of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU). The president of the Association for Computing Machinery addressed the issue of interactions of computer technology and economics, education, and society. A representative from the Center for Educational Media…

The study guide presents background information, questions and answers, primary source material, and guidelines designed to provide secondary schools with basic sources for observing how the New York state system evolved from the colonial experience and the precedents established by the first state constitution. The documents in the publication…

This state-of-the-art paper is one of several volumes which describe the characteristics, quality, and costs of services to severely mentally retarded, severely emotionally disturbed, deaf-blind, and severely multiply handicapped clients age 21 and under. Part I of the volume consists of a subjective distillation of the concepts and research…

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) supports programs in schools attended by significant numbers of children from low income families who, along with other students, may need this extra help to improve their performance. As a result of recent changes in the law, more parents will now be involved in the planning,…

To examine the hypothesis that occupational licensure is primarily a restrictive device to protect those licensed from competition, analysis focused on the licensure of non-professional occupations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, covering 36 licenses issued by the three states for 12 occupations (e.g. electricians, barbers,…

Legal aspects relating to the application of procedural due process safeguards to special education are surveyed, the requirements of P.L. 94-142 are pointed out, state response to these safeguards are described, and the extent to which the adversarial hearing system has facilitated appropriate education is reported. Particular emphasis is placed…

Annual reports from 45 states, the District of Columbia, and three Canadian provinces are presented. They focus on problems, activities, achievements, and other areas of interest to the postsecondary education community. Each state commission on higher education reviews such topics as pertinent legislative actions, priorities, enrollment,…

This pamphlet is intended as a supplement to the booklet, "Recommendations for Legislative Consideration on Public Education," which was also published by the Texas Education Agency in November 1974. The pamphlet presents three additional recommendations for legislative attention. First, it recommends that any district that sends…

This pamphlet is intended as a supplement to the booklet, "Recommendations for Legislative Consideration on Public Education in Texas," which was also published by the Texas Education Agency in November 1974. This pamphlet discusses a proposed state school finance plan developed by the State Board of Education and presents 12 specific…

Presented is the final report of the Massachusetts Commission on Legal and Civil Rights of the Developmentally Disabled formed to investigate the civil rights problems of developmentally disabled citizens and to recommend and take action to correct the problems. It is noted that the report deals with the following areas: self-determination and…

This booklet is intended to help familiarize Washington school board members with their legal powers and limitations. In nontechnical language, it summarizes relevant Washington laws, gives the legal reference for each, and quotes illustrative court decisions and attorney general opinions. The table of contents can be used as a key to look up…

Forms developed by the Southwest Regional Resource Center (for the Bureau of Indian Affairs) to supply information requested in the proposed regulations of Public Law 94-142 (special education services to be implemented in 1978) are presented in this publication for purposes of discussion and explanation. An accompanying narrative presents…

This report discusses a variety of legal, fiscal, historical, and theoretical issues related to alternative school finance mechanisms, with emphasis on their possible application in Alabama. The authors do not attempt to suggest specific approaches to school finance reform, but rather to provide information for use in public decision-making. In…